Fight against Galamsey on River Pra: 4 Arrested, changfan machines, boats destroyed

Four persons were arrested in an exercise by the Twifo Atti Mokwa District Assembly in the Central Region in collaboration with its police command and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to clamp down on illegal mining activities on the River Pra at Twifo Praso last Tuesday.

The team, led by the police and the District Chief Executive, Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi, burnt five changfan machines, five boats and seized other mining equipment being used by illegal miners on the River Pra.

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This was in response to the devastating effects of their activities on the River Pra and the environment. Last week, a two-and-a-half-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, tragically lost their lives after falling into an abandoned galamsey pit full of water.

The incident occurred at Mokwa, a farming community near Twifo Praso.

The incident, according to residents, was one of several in recent years caused by uncovered galamsey pits in the district.

The impact of the illegal mining activities on the river had also negatively affected the activities of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Central Region.

The GWCL, in a statement to the media, said the pollution of the Pra River , especially at the catchment area at the water intake points, was at its barest minimum.

It said about 60 per cent of the catchment capacity was silted as a result of illegal mining activities, compromising water quality.

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